Winter storm in US leaves many without power By Reuters

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(Reuters) -A winter storm bringing snow, ice and excessive winds to elements of the U.S. Midwest and Pacific Northwest knocked out energy for lots of of 1000’s of houses and companies on Saturday, with a brutal freeze anticipated to grip quite a few states.

The Nationwide Climate Service mentioned the storm will convey heavy snow, robust winds and blizzard situations to the Midwest, with harmful and frigid temperatures anticipated throughout the Rockies and Plains.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Saturday mentioned storms proceed to trigger flight cancellations and delays. Airways delayed greater than 7,600 flights throughout the U.S. on Friday, together with planes grounded at Chicago’s O’Hare Worldwide Airport, as a consequence of winds and blinding snow.

Some 150,000 houses and companies had been with out energy in Michigan, based on knowledge from energy outage tracker . Energy was out for one more 200,000-plus prospects in Oregon and Wisconsin.

In Iowa, Republican presidential candidates canceled some occasions forward of the state’s caucuses on Monday, the primary of the state-by-state contests through which events decide their nominees for November’s election.